1. Current progress on biological self-healing concrete.
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Guo, Y. C., Wang, X., Yan, Z., and Zhong, H.
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SELF-healing materials , *CONCRETE , *CEMENT , *SMART materials , *CONSTRUCTION materials - Abstract
This review outlines the specific methods and concepts of self-healing that have been adopted locally and globally. Based on the need for manual intervention, these methods and concepts of self-healing can be classified as passive or active. The theory of biological self-healing concrete is also analysed. The mechanism by which the diagenesis of biomaterials triggers and promotes self-healing in the tiny cracks of cement is explained. This paper introduces a biological multiple-triggered-switch scheme for the self-healing of cement-based cracks. The role of this mechanism in the continued and feasible self-healing of cracks is analysed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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